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Iken Saxon Cross
Date Added: 23rd Aug 2015
Site Type: Ancient Cross
Country: England (Suffolk)
Visited: Yes on 23rd Aug 2015
Iken Saxon Cross submitted by PAB on 23rd Aug 2015. Information board, with sketches and artist's impression.
In case it doesn't come out well, this is the text:
"Saxon Cross"
"Stanley West, then county archaeologist, made an exciting discovery in 1977. A large piece of stone built into the base of the church tower was a piece of an early stone cross. It is decorated with Anglo-Saxon interlace patterns and a mythical beast. Dating from the late 800s to early 900s, it would have been originally about 3 metres high. Such crosses ...
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Gawton's Well
Date Added: 1st Apr 2015
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: England (Staffordshire)
Visited: Would like to visit
Gawton's Well submitted by TimPrevett on 4th Nov 2008. Got around to visiting here yesterday, and it's brilliant. It's only 16 miles east for me, so returning won't be too much of an issue. Very atmospheric woodland and castle like folly neaby too. I wouldn't be surprised if therein lies a connection with the well.
The spring lies within a large circular wall, in varying states of collapse, and within that is an elipse of yew trees - reminiscent of the ring of trees in "Nightmare Before Christmas". If this were Wales I'd start thinking this was th...
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Caer Caradoc (Church Stretton)
Date Added: 19th Jan 2016
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Shropshire)
Visited: Would like to visit
Caer Caradoc (Church Stretton) submitted by TimPrevett on 28th Jun 2004. Caer Caradoc, taken from a northwest angle on a lovely summer's morning. Indeed, this offers some formidable defense. If this were the place of Caratacus' last stand against the Romans, this would have indeed been something difficult to conquer, even by Roman standards. However, there is no evidence to confirm this suggestion.
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The Stiperstones
Date Added: 15th Nov 2018
Site Type: Cairn
Country: England (Shropshire)
Visited: Would like to visit
The Stiperstones submitted by TimPrevett on 28th Jun 2004. A cairn just north east of Manstone Rock.
"The Stiperstones" is the name for a hill on the far west reaches of Shropshire, well into The Welsh Marches, overlooking the Welsh border. It is the second highest hill in Shropshire, affording superb views in all directions, and having several bronze age cairns along its ridge.
The cairns themselves, excepting the largest, can be quite hard to locate. At a very reductionist level, they are basically piles of stone amidst a whole ridge of piles of...
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Devils Quoits
Date Added: 24th May 2015
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Oxfordshire)
Visited: Yes on 12th Mar 2014
Devils Quoits submitted by pab on 12th Mar 2014. Part of the ramparts in the south-eastern segment, showing the extent of the rabbit impact - but also showing just how impressive the stones themselves are!
In any other setting, and without the noise and smells, this would be a delight. Hopefully we just visited at a bad time, and in a few years things will be far better - so please don't give up on this place!
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Lady's Well (Holystone)
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: England (Northumberland)
Visited: Would like to visit
Lady's Well (Holystone) submitted by KiwiBetsy on 5th Dec 2004. During the first half of the 12th century a Priory was built at Holystone as a home for some Augustinian Canonesses. Since then the well has been known as Lady's Well after these religious ladies who cared for the well right up to the Dissolution of the Monasteries. They are said to have added the cross that reflects so splendidly in the water.
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St Thomas's Well (Wymondham)
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: England (Norfolk)
Visited: Yes on 9th Apr 2007
St Thomas's Well (Wymondham) submitted by pab on 9th Apr 2007. No-one at the Abbey seemed to be aware of the location of the Well when I visited just before Easter!
I must admit though that I had not made the connection in my own head between St Thomas' Well and the fact that he Abbey is in a street called Becketswell Road..even though I had lived in the town for several years.
The temporary tennant of this property (who also had heard nothing of a well) was kind enough to let me take these pictures, but it is on private land.
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Little Walsingham Holy Well
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: England (Norfolk)
Visited: Yes on 10th Apr 2007
Little Walsingham Holy Well submitted by pab on 10th Apr 2007. Holy Well, located next to the ruins of Abbey of St Mary, in Little Walsingham. Site is now part of the Abbey Museum grounds, so a charge is payable (£3, in April 2007). It was not possible for me to remove the cover to have a proper look, but perhaps someone making a pre-arranged visit might be allowed to do so.
The main well was approximately 5m by 5m, with 2 circular wells very close by. There is scope for confusion as to whether this is the 'real well', as there is another one withi...
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Troy Town Maze
Date Added: 29th Dec 2010
Site Type: Turf Maze
Country: England (Isles of Scilly)
Visited: Yes on 26th Oct 2010
Troy Town Maze submitted by pab on 26th Oct 2010. Troy Town Maze: showing the extent of erosion in June 2009. This is the view looking west, with Bishop Rock Lighthouse visible top left, about 4 miles away.
In such as exposed location, it must be very difficult for the soil and turf to recover from the damage caused by visitors tracing the curves.
Photo: 21 June 2009
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St Warna's Well
Date Added: 27th Apr 2020
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: England (Isles of Scilly)
Visited: Yes on 25th Apr 2020
St Warna's Well submitted by PAB on 25th Apr 2020. St Warna's Well, St Agnes.
Enclosure of the well, just above the beach.
Photo: June 2009
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Curiosities of St Agnes
Date Added: 27th Apr 2020
Site Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Country: England (Isles of Scilly)
Visited: Yes on 25th Apr 2020
Curiosities of St Agnes submitted by PAB on 25th Apr 2020. Bear, pretending to be a sloth...
Photo taken June 2009
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Old Man of Gugh
Date Added: 28th Apr 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Isles of Scilly)
Visited: Yes on 28th Apr 2020
Old Man of Gugh submitted by PAB on 28th Apr 2020. Old Man of Gugh.
Looking NW.
Photo, June 2009
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Obadiah's Barrow
Date Added: 28th Apr 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: England (Isles of Scilly)
Visited: Yes on 28th Apr 2020
Obadiah's Barrow submitted by PAB on 28th Apr 2020. Obadiah's Barrow.
Looking from St Agnes towards Kittern Hill, showing the location of Obadiah's Barrow, with the access path leading up from the beach.
Photo, June 2009
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Castella Downs Field System
Date Added: 28th Apr 2020
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: England (Isles of Scilly)
Visited: Yes on 28th Apr 2020
Castella Downs Field System submitted by PAB on 28th Apr 2020. Castella Down Prehistoric field system, St Agnes, Isles of Scilly.
Photo taken June 2009
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Samson, South Hill
Date Added: 28th Apr 2020
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: England (Isles of Scilly)
Visited: Yes on 28th Apr 2020
Samson, South Hill submitted by PAB on 28th Apr 2020. South Hill, Samson.
Cist, looking toward North Hill.
Photo, June 2009
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Samson Flats Intertidal Remains
Date Added: 29th Apr 2020
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: England (Isles of Scilly)
Visited: Yes on 29th Apr 2020
Samson Flats Intertidal Remains submitted by PAB on 29th Apr 2020. Open-air classroom! One of the archaeologists explaining the survey to Mrs PAB... I recorded this as happening at SV8803012917
Photo taken June 2009
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Wingletang Down
Date Added: 29th Apr 2020
Site Type: Cairn
Country: England (Isles of Scilly)
Visited: Yes on 29th Apr 2020
Wingletang Down submitted by PAB on 29th Apr 2020. Heather-covered western ridge on Wingletang Down, St Agnes.
I THINK (!) that this is the feature described by Historic England as follows:
"The monument includes three prehistoric platform cairns, two of which are linked by a prehistoric linear boundary, situated on the eastern part of Wingletang Down on St Agnes in the Isles of Scilly. The two cairns linked by the linear boundary are situated 33m apart on a NNE-SSW axis; the third cairn is situated 12m north east of the southern cairn. E...
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Calleva Atrebatum
Date Added: 21st Mar 2011
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: England (Hampshire)
Visited: Would like to visit
Calleva Atrebatum submitted by SolarMegalith on 27th Aug 2010. Western part of the city walls of Calleva Atrebatum (photo taken on August 2010).
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Tutankhamun: Treasures of the Golden Pharaoh exhibition, Saatchi Gallery
Date Added: 27th Apr 2020
Site Type: Museum
Country: England (Greater London)
Visited: Yes on 3rd Apr 2020
Tutankhamun: Treasures of the Golden Pharaoh exhibition, Saatchi Gallery submitted by PAB on 3rd Apr 2020. Graphic showing layout of tomb.
The majority of artifacts were located in the Antechamber, Annexe or Treasury.
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Maiden Castle (Dorset)
Date Added: 17th Oct 2011
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Dorset)
Visited: Yes on 12th Oct 2011
Maiden Castle (Dorset) submitted by baz on 13th Jul 2002. Part of the southern defences.
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Log Text: To help us enjoy both an evening visit and be close enough to just walk up for a dawn attempt at the sunrise/moonset double, we used the Camping & Caravan site just at the foot of Maiden Castle itself.
This meant a fairly easy & short walk up to the western entrance - what a delight to have somewhere to leave the campervan & just walk up to such a magnificent location..
For information, the sunrise was about 7.30, with the moon not setting until just after 9am - not often you can catch 2 such lovely times with such a short interval between them. Checking the great Photographers Ephemeris website helps to make me decide whether it might be worth putting an early alarm on - highly recommend it as a source of timing information..